Monday, January 31, 2011

Message to Egypt

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."


Form a new government that recognizes your rights to life, liberty, property and happiness and you can put this turmoil behind you.  You don't need to choose between law and order and making the government live by the rule of law.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

A More Possible Balanced Budget Amendment

Thomas Paine; a painting by Auguste Millière (...Image via Wikipedia
‎"Government ought to be as much open to improvement as anything which appertains to man, instead of which it has been monopolized from age to age, by the most ignorant and vicious of the human race. Need we any other proof of their wretched management, than the excess of debts and taxes with which every nation groans, and the quarrels into which they have precipitated the world?" -- Thomas Paine


I'm in favor of a constitutional amendment that requires any new borrowing by government to be coupled with an immediate tax that pays off the new debt within ten years. 


That discipline will allow for emergencies but still force Congress to pay the bills.  I understand many would prefer an amendment that allowed for no borrowing at all, but that is considerably harder to get.  Let's not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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